The story of Terezin includes countless examples of individuals who continued to live with creativity and hope, even in the most horrifying circumstances – like Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, a remarkable artist and arts educator who worked with and inspired the young people at Terezin. How do we, like Dicker-Brandeis, resist hopelessness in an obviously unjust and terrifying world? How do we authentically meet the reality of our dark history and present, while remaining resilient, joyful, and creative?
Special guest: Steve Seidel, Director of the Arts in Education Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Brundibar is the story of collective resistance to tyranny, a familiar tale of how a group of people can come together to defeat a bully. Kushner wrote, “Brundibár offers inspiration to action, and exhortation. Be brave, and you can make bullies behave! Rely on friends! Make common cause, build communities, organize and resist! And tyrants of all kinds, in every generation, can be and must be made to fall.” What makes people, adults and children alike, behave courageously and stand up for what is right? What does it take to nurture and encourage “upstanders” – in our schools, workplaces, and government?
Special guest: Doc Miller, Facing History and Ourselves, Teacher and Senior Associate for Professional Development

Post-performance Conversation
Special guest: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Director of the Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights Program, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

The Terezin concentration camp – a place of horror – was nevertheless the site of the powerful and transformative artistic creation.
Special guests: Barbara Grossman, Professor of Drama, Tufts University – specializing in musical theater and theater related to the Holocaust